On June 12, El­der As­so­ciates Ltd will be host­ing the one-day sem­i­nar, Re­spond­ing to Trau­mas, Tragedies and Tran­si­tions.

This sem­i­nar was in­spired by the need to in­form em­ploy­ers how to sup­port their em­ploy­ees in the wake of events that can dra­mat­i­cal­ly af­fect the work place.

From large scale events such as nat­ur­al dis­as­ters to small­er tragedies such as the trag­ic death of an em­ploy­ee. The busi­ness en­vi­ron­ment is very vul­ner­a­ble to in­ci­dents that can cause im­me­di­ate as well as long term ef­fect to the in­di­vid­ual work­ers, de­part­ments and, in fact the en­tire work­place.

A re­lease from El­der As­so­ciates notes that peo­ple are re­silient and most are able to over­come dra­mat­ic and trau­mat­ic events, as long as they feel sup­port­ed. How­ev­er, most work­places tend to take a near­sight­ed view: "Let's get back to work as soon as pos­si­ble. Peo­ple will feel bet­ter with busi­ness as usu­al." While most work­ers can and will do so, of­ten the re­ac­tions to the event may be de­layed or emerge in a va­ri­ety of ways that do not seem con­nect­ed to the tragedy.

In Re­spond­ing to Trau­mas, Tragedies and Tran­si­tions, Dr Ger­ry Lewis, a sub­ject mat­ter ex­pert from the US, will pro­vide an overview of ser­vices and strate­gies de­signed to main­tain work­force re­silience.

For more in­for­ma­tion, call 622-6594 or vis­it the web site at www.el­dertt.com.